Toy bank.



Patented December 27, 1904 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLESLMOSHER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.` 778,424, dated December 27, 1904. Application iled October 22, 1903. lSerial No. 178,060l

To all whom/it 1v1/ay concern;

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. MosHER, a` citizen of the United States, residing in Cleveland, county of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Banks, of which the following is a specification. reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to small portable banks adapted to receive coins, which are provided with means whereby the same may be held securely closed, yet be opened from time to time, asdhesired; and the invention consists in the new and usefulfeatures of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and claimed. l

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view in perspective of a toy bank embodying the novel features of my invention. -Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, the cover being separated from the body portion of the bank. Figs. 3 and 4 represent sectional views on the line 3 3 and 4 4 of Fig. l.

The bank is preferably cylindrical in ,form

and comprises a body portion t anda cover portion o.' The body portion is provided at or near its top with an annular lip or flange c, which is either formed integral with or is secured to the 'body portion by any suitable means, as the rivets d. This annular flange projects inwardly sufficiently to form a seat for a spring-catch hereinafter described and vpreferably is formed by rolling or bending the edge of the flange so that same shall have a curved or segmental section. The top or cover portion is provided with a plurality of spring-catches c, preferably formed of a single piece of metal, which are secured in any suitable Inanner, as by rivets f, to the upper portion of the cover. These catches are provided with curved or segmental recesses g to engage with the annular lip or iiangec when the cover ispressed into place. The cover is also provided centrally with a slot 7L, through which a coin may be placed in the bank. Af-

n tera coin has been put intothe bank its extraction vis prevented by a guard secured to Ythe interior of the cover, which consists of one or more yielding and preferably corrugated metal strips z', so arranged that the teeth of the corrugations will project under the slot and eifectually prevent the coin from falling out should the bank be upset or from being extracted by an instrument of any kind or overturning the bank and shaking it. The guard is sufliciently yielding, however, to permit the coin being easily inserted. In order to prevent the guardfrom being permanently pressed apart by an instrument inserted through the slot, a shield y' is provided, which incloses the guard or guards. This shield is preferably formed of a single sheet of metal, which Amay be stamped-,into shape, and is secured to the cover by suitable means, as the rivets lo. The shield is provided with a central slot which registers with the slot in the cover, so as to permit the passage of the coin therethrough.

The cover and body portion of the bank are secured together by causing the spring-catches to snap over and engage with the annular flange. A very tight joint is thus formed between the cover and bodyportion,` which is desirable in devices of this kind, and at the same time the parts are yieldingly or detachably secured together and may be separated by applying sufficient force to cause the springcatches to release the annular flange. The spring-catches may be tempered, as desired, to determine the amount of force necessary to withdraw the cover. Owing to the shape and construction of these securing devices, the parts'can be separated without destroying or injuring the securing devices or the parts themselves, although it is obvious that the springs can be made vso strong that the bank cannot be opened, except by the use of a mechanical device for that purpose.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a toy bank, the'combination with a body portion provided with an internal annular flange, of a cover provided with springcatches arranged to snap over said {iange to hold the cover in place.

2. In a toy bank, the combination with a This specification Signed :1nd witnessed this body portion provided with an internal annu- 15th dey of October, A. D. 1903. hir Harige curved in section, of e cover pro- CHARLES L MOSHEH' vided with sprlng-catches havlng recesses 5 formed therein and arranged to engage with In presence ofand snap over Said annular flange to hold the C. R. M EGERTH, cover in place. GEO. F. HART. 

